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The network was waunched in Norf America in wate 2002 as mostwy digitaw anime tewevision subchannews and is marketed to muwti system operators (MSOs) as bof a free and subscription Video On Demand (VOD) programming service. Anime Network awso provides onwine streaming of its anime for Norf America [1] via its website wif free fuww-wengf preview episodes for non-members, more episodes for members, and aww onwine titwes avaiwabwe for subscribers.

The Anime Network ceased broadcast of its winear 24/7 network on January 1, 2008; it continues to support a VOD service and onwine pwayer on its main website.[2] On September 1, 2009, A.D. Vision had sowd off de Anime Network to Vawkyrie Media Partners LLC as part of de dissowution of de company and de reorganization of its assets.[3] In 2012, Anime Network's name was removed from Microsoft's Zune Marketpwace and repwaced wif a generic "Anime" designator.

In June 2017, Section23 Fiwms announced it wouwd discontinue de Anime Network Onwine streaming service and focus sowewy on Anime Network's pay tewevision and subscription VOD services.[4] HIDIVE, LLC, a new company which is not affiwiated wif Anime Network, Section23, or Sentai Fiwmworks, acqwired Anime Network Onwine's assets and spun dem off into a new streaming service cawwed HIDIVE. On June 20, 2017, Anime Network Inc. announced it acqwired de "www.deanimenetwork.com" domain name from Anime Network Onwine.[5]

At waunch, de Anime Network was onwy avaiwabwe by Video On Demand to Comcast subscribers in de Phiwadewphia area wif 1.2 miwwion customers wif more providers choosing to carry de service water on, uh-hah-hah-hah. The winear service waunched on June 30, 2004 to compwement de VOD service.[2][6] Comcast Communications previouswy carried de channew on video on demand since its waunch. On May 29, 2009 Comcast discontinued carriage of de service in bof its free package and its pay-per-view digitaw tewevision package, however, are periodicawwy incwuded among Comcast Xfinity's Top Picks.[7]

From June 30, 2004 to January 4, 2008, Anime Network offered a 24/7 channew avaiwabwe to pay tewevision providers. The service was onwy carried by smaww cabwe companies. On January 4, 2008, Anime Network officiawwy announced dat de 24/7 service wouwd cease operations. The network wiww stiww operate as a VOD provider.[2]

On 3 June 2007 Anime Network was waunched in de United Kingdom as a programming bwock on de Propewwer TV satewwite channew, produced by A.D. Vision. It was broadcast as a 2-hour bwock wif 4 different anime series and aired from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, 7 days a week. The bwock was removed from de scheduwe on 1 January 2008, which was de same day Anime Network discontinued its Norf American 24/7 winear service to continue to support its VOD service.